The Omnibot
was a toy robot first manufactured by Tomy in the mid 80ís. The
original version had a bubble over its head, but the updated
version, Omnibot 2000, did not. Both versions came with tape
players in their chests, which was used to record and playback
commands. They also came with timers that would allow the
commands to be scheduled. They also had built in speakers that
could be used to broadcast the userís voice through the remote.
Both units were also able to grasp and carry light objects using
one arm, but if you lost your remote, you basically had to use
it as a paper weight. If you had the Ombibot 2000, you will
remember it had a drink tray that it would use to server drinks
with.

There were two
other lesser known Tomy Omnibot robots that some of you might
have owned, including the Omnibot OOM (known as the Hearoid in
the USA) and the Omniwagon. There were two other versions of
the Omnibot released by Radio Shack, one called Robie and the
other called Charmmy (or Robie, Jr.). Lastly, for those less
fortunate, the Verbot was a stripped down version of the Omnibot.
In the 2000ís, Tomy released an updated version of the Omnibot
called I-SOBOT.